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STAMFORD, Conn. — A 35-year-old Stamford day care owner was charged in the death of a 2-month-old baby girl in her care, who died after being rushed to the hospital from her Stamford day care center in July, police said Monday.Police charged Nydia Carrillo-Maldonado, who owned Little Bears Beginnings Daycare, with first-degree manslaughter and risk of injury to a minor, police said ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A 26-year-old convicted felon suspected of being involved in a recent shooting was arrested after officers seized a semi-automatic weapon from a Bridgeport apartment believed to be his home, State Police said.Raul Zayas was arrested Monday by the Connecticut State Police Statewide Urban Violence Cooperative Crime Control Task Force/Gang Unit on an active felony ...

RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- Planning on traveling through Ridgefield? Leave some extra time for delays on Monday.Utility work has closed one lane on Route 7 just north of Route 102 in Branchville, causing traffic delays in the area.Flagmen are at the construction site. Northbound and southbound traffic are alternating using the southbound lanes.

NORWALK, Conn. — Several boaters have reported spotting whales in the waters of Long Island Sound off the coast of Fairfield County, but one whale has been spotted on land — in the Maritime Aquarium.This whale doesn’t consume marine life or breach the high seas. It is an inflatable walk-in model that offers visitors the chance to see the inside structure of the mammal that has ...

WILTON, Conn. — Ambler Farm recently got a rather unique delivery by express mail — baby chicks straight from the farm. “We get them within two days of them being born,” said Kevin Meehan, Ambler Farm's property and program director.The chicks join a menagerie of new animals at the farm, including baby ducks, turkeys and geese.Children at the farm’s summer camp get to interact with the ...

NORWALK, Conn. — A group of rising eighth- and ninth-graders in Norwalk is spending part of their summer learning lessons about underwater science at a free weeklong camp at the Maritime Aquarium.“We jam-packed all the fun things we could do into the week," education supervisor Bridget Cervero said from a technology classroom at the aquarium Wednesday.Students made discoveries ...

NORWALK, Conn. — A 29-year-old driver intentionally struck a woman with her car Monday night after an argument over her driving, Norwalk police said.The woman was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries to her right foot, ankle and head, police said.The incident began when the victim and her daughter were passengers in a car driven by Shannon Landa, police said. ...

UPDATE: Both lanes of South Main Street have been reopened. NORWALK, Conn. — An oversized garbage truck that was wedged under the train bridge on Washington Street on Monday afternoon has been removed, but traffic is still snarled in South Norwalk with a portion of South Main Street closed in the area. A flatbed truck and tow truck were on the scene trying to get the truck out, ...

NORWALK, Conn. — As a huge Harry Potter fan, Norwalk Public Library’s Director of Youth Library Services Vicki Oatis always wanted to hold a midnight release party for a Harry Potter book. Now, with the release of a manuscript based on a play of J.K. Rowling’s beloved series, her idea has become a reality. On Saturday, she and her staff with host Harry Potter Midnight Release Party for ...

STAMFORD, Conn. — Stamford resident Nina Sherwood is attending the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia as a Connecticut delegate. Here are her reflections on her experience Wednesday at the convention in her own words:Third day of the Democratic National Convention and things are still severed. Most of the top-billed speeches were excellent. Vice President Joe Biden always ...